Future Phone Call
LIFE IS GREAT FANTASTIC
INCREDIBLE AND AT TIMES
UNBELIEVABLE.
HERE I SIT ON A LITTLE LEDGE
I CAN SEE OVER OUR LITTLE VILLAGE,
NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY.
CELEBRATING FEBRUARY 2025
THE LAST MONTH OF WINTER.
AND THE AWAKENING OF SPRING.
YES, I KNOW I SAID 2025.
MAYBE I WAS THERE ALL READY.
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
MAYBE I A HAD, LETS SAY, A VISION.
WHAT DO THINK OF THAT.
SO HERE I SIT...
KNOWING THEN WHAT TO EXPECT
IN OUR FUTURE. YOU SAW THE MONEY
WARS. THAT JUST LED TO BARTERING
AND TRADES TAKING PLACE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THE ONLY CURRENCY OR SHALL I SAY
REAL MONEY...WAS SILVER.
YOU KNOW SILVER DOLLARS ,
QUARTERS AND DIMES.
FROM THE 1900'S.
THE MERCURY HEAD DIME.
REPRESENTED ONE TENTH OF AN
OUNCE OF SILVER.
A TIME WHEN AN OUNCE OF
GOLD WAS REPRESENTED IN
THE FORM OF CERTIFICATES.
THE GOVERNMENT STORED THE
GOLD TO PROTECT YOU FROM
HURTING YOURSELF. SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE. YOU CAN
GIVE THEM ALL THE I.O.U'S YOU
WANT. IF THEY DECIDE YOUR NOTES
ARE WORTHLESS...POOF...GONE.
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY...THINGS
WERE A LITTLE TOUGH BACK THEN.
LIFE WASN'T ALL WAYS ROSEY,
YOU KNOW? WE HAD TO WORK ALL
DAY TO EARN A DAYS WAGES.
YA HAD TO THINK AS WELL. WHAT
IS IT ARE YA GOING TO DO WITH YOUR
WEAKLY WEALTH?
WEAKLY IS JUST THAT. WEEEAK..
BARELY ENOUGH TO
PAY THE WEEKS BILLS. YOU KNOW
BILLS...WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC.
AH..THE PHONE..I MUST REMEMBER TO
EXCHANGE THE OLD LIGHT BULBS
AT THE EDISON COMPANY WHEN I
GO PAY THE PHONE BILL.
I WANT TO SEE THE NEW PHONE.
IT SITS ON TOP OF THE DESK...
HA HA HA NOW WE HAVE TO GO
OUT AND BUY A DESK FOR THE
NEW PHONE. HOW FUNNY IS THAT?
PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU DON'T NEED IT DON'T BUY IT.
I RECENTLY READ A STORY ON
THAT GUY WHO INVENTED THE
TELEPHONE. A VERY INTERESTING
CHARACTER IN HISTORY.
YOU KNOW HE USED TO TAKE NAPS
WITH SOME KIND OF WEIGHT IN HIS
HAND. IF HE DROPPED IT HE WOULD
WAKE UP AND WRITE DOWN HIS THOUGHTS.
MEDITATION... TRANSITION ... BETWEEN
NODDING OFF AND GOING TO SLEEP.
ELEVATED CONSCIOUSNESS AND
THAT KINDA THING.
I THINK THEY CALL THEM
FREQUENCIES. SORTA LIKE
RADIO WAVES JUST A LITTLE
MORE COMPLICATED. X-RAY
GAMA RAYS SOLAR RAYS...YA KNOW
THAT KINDA THING. RAYS...RADIATION
RADAR RANGE.
YA KNOW...I READ... I FORGET WHEN...
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW. ABOUT THE BIGGEST TELESCOPE TO BE BUILT.
SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIGGEST IN
THE WORLD. SOMEWHERE IN CHILE.
A HOLE BUNCH OF PANELS TO MAKE UP
THE HOLE LENS. I THINK IT'S TWO
OR THREE LENGTHS OF NFL FOOTBALL
FIELD.
I WONDER IF THEY BE ABLE TO
SEE THE FUTURE?
YOU KNOW LIKE BOUNCE THE
SATELLITE SIGNAL INTO THE
TELESCOPE AND PROJECT IT ON THE
TELEVISION MAKE YOU THINK
YOU'RE WALKING ON MARS.
KINDA MAKES ME THINK...
IN THE FUTURE I MAY NOT HAVE
TO BE A PHYSICAL BEING AND
STILL EXIST. EH? LIKE A GRID... CONNECTED TO ALL FREQUENCIES IN THE UNIVERSE. WIRED BABY...
CONNECTED TO ETERNITY AND BACK.
FASTER THAN THE PROCESS OF
LIGHT TENFOLD.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE
AND THE PAST AT THE SAME TIME
AND BE IN BOTH PLACES AT THE
SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO ALTER
EVENTS IN THE FUTURE OR THE
PAST AT THE SAME TIME. " BOOM ! "
A CONSTANT VARIATION
OF THOUGHTS. BEING ABLE TO
ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE MILLIONS
OF SCENARIOS ALONG THE WAY,
TWEAKING FREQUENCIES EVER SO
SLOWLY TO CREATE WHAT EVER IT
IS YOU DESIRE.
INTERESTING, BEING ALIVE.
BUT, NOT REALLY ALIVE.
EXISTING BUT ONLY IN A VIRTUAL
WORLD. ENERGY OR SPIRIT?
DEITY OR ENTITY?
EXISTENCE IN A REALM OF
NON EXISTENCE.
A FIGMENT OF YOUR OWN
IMAGINATION.
A MEMORY OF A THOUGHT THAT BEGAN
AFTER AND BEFORE THE FUTURE.
THAT MOMENT IN TIME...
THAT DOESN'T QUITE EXIST JUST
YET.
Michael E. Harris
02182022
Copyright © Michael E. Harris | Year Posted 2022
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